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Pakistan: Govt inaction turns Karakoram highway into protest hotspot
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The blockade has stranded hundreds of passengers, trucks, and traders, disrupting vital supplies to Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan (PoGB), as reported by The Express Tribune.
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Global Sumud Flotilla sets sail from Europe to deliver aid to Gaza
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
On Saturday, 18 boats carrying aid set sail from Sicily, with four Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) also on board, joining other vessels that had departed from Greece, Spain, and Tunisia in late August.
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PoGB: Dirty water in Astore triggers health crisis, road blockade by loca
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Residents of Astore in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan protested over contaminated water, citing a rise in menstrual health problems among women. Blocking traffic to demand action, locals called on authorities to ensure safe water, while officials assured them their grievances would be ad
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Kuki-Zo Council agrees to open National Highway-2 in Manipur for free move
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
The move follows a series of meetings in New Delhi over the past few days between officials of the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) and a delegation of the Kuki-Zo Council. The discussions were aimed at addressing the prolonged blockade that had disrupted the movement of goods and vehicles,
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Work to restore normalcy and clear road blockades on war footing: Himachal
Updated : 5 months, 1 week ago IST
Himachal Pradesh Chief Secretary Prabodh Saxena held a review meeting to enquire about the situation of roads in Chamba and other districts affected by the landslides and floods here on Friday.
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CPI(M) MP Brittas slams US tariffs as "grossly unfortunate, highly condemn
Updated : 6 months, 2 weeks ago IST
Criticising the additional 25 per cent tariffs to be imposed by the US on Indian goods as "grossly unfortunate and highly condemnable", CPI(M) MP John Brittas on Tuesday stated that Washington is treating India like a colony, noting that the tariffs were either " a sanction or an embargo".
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"Israel carrying out deliberate campaign of starvation in occupied Gaza St
Updated : 6 months, 3 weeks ago IST
Amnesty International accused Israel of a "deliberate campaign of starvation" in Gaza, calling it part of an ongoing genocide. The UN and aid groups warn of famine as nearly one million Palestinians face displacement, with children, pregnant women, and the elderly at highest risk amid restri
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Badrinath National Highway reopens for traffic after blockade due to debri
Updated : 7 months ago IST
In a post on X, the Chamoli Police confirmed the development.
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Seventeenth day of Hunza traders' sit-in brings cross-border movement to a
Updated : 7 months ago IST
The sit-in protest orchestrated by the Pak-China Traders' Alliance Action Committee has reached its 17th consecutive day, showing no indication of conclusion as traders remain resolute in their two-point demands. Political, social, and religious groups from all over Pakistan-occupied Gilgit
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PoGB: Traders sit-in protest on Karakoram Highway enters fourth week, bloc
Updated : 7 months ago IST
A sit-in on the Karakoram Highway has blocked trade between Pakistan and China for 22 days. Protesters demand tax exemptions and clearance of stuck goods in Pakistan-occupied Gilgit-Baltistan. The government's federal committee will meet to resolve the issue, but protesters won't end the str
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Pakistan: BYC protest over leaders' disappearance enters 24th day
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
In a post on X, the BYC said, "For 24 days, Baloch families, mothers and sisters, have been sitting in Islamabad, demanding the release of Baloch Yakjehti Committee (BYC) leaders and an end to enforced disappearances. Instead of being allowed to set up a peaceful camp, they are met with p
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UAE delivers 65 tonnes of medical supplies to Gaza in cooperation with WHO
Updated : 7 months, 1 week ago IST
As part of its ongoing humanitarian efforts and in coordination with the World Health Organisation (WHO), the UAE has delivered a new batch of essential medicines and medical supplies to WHO warehouses in preparation for distribution to hospitals across the Gaza Strip. This support comes ami
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